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Jeremiah 35:10 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. "

Jeremiah 35:10

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8 We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters;

9 and not to build houses for ourselves to dwell in. We have no vineyard, field, or seed;

10 but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

11 But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, we said, ‘Come! Let’s go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we will dwell at Jerusalem.’”

12 Then the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,

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Jeremiah 35:1

"The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,"

Jeremiah 35:2

"“Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring them into the LORD’s house, into one of the rooms, and give them wine to drink.”"

Jeremiah 35:3

"Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, with his brothers, all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;"

Jeremiah 35:4

"and I brought them into the LORD’s house, into the room of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was by the room of the princes, which was above the room of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold."

Jeremiah 35:5

"I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, “Drink wine!”"

Jeremiah 35:6

"But they said, “We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, ‘You shall drink no wine, neither you nor your children, forever."

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